There
are two separate messages on idols in this section. Both use many of the same
scriptures; however, these were written at different times. The decision was
made to include them both.

THE FIRST
MESSAGE ON IDOLS

1-INTRODUCTION

In
the United States, when someone thinks of idols, he may think only of statues
that people worship in certain parts of the world. He may not consider that
a television can be an idol. He may not consider that an automobile, house,
certain possessions, a hobby, a person, a political party, a cause, a job, a
sport, an addiction, lusts, pleasures, or some other thing, can become an idol.
A person may not consider that stubbornness is as idolatry
in the eyes of God. Covetousness is also considered idolatry in the eyes of
God. A person seldom considers that his own selfishness can be an idol, as "self"
is more important than God.
Very few consider that anything, which is more important
to a person than obeying God, may be considered an idol.
Astrology, money, gold, silver, investments, success, popularity,
pride, and many other such things, are also idols to people.
Idols are an abomination to the Lord. God is a jealous God.
Those that make, possess, or worship idols are cursed.
To put anything before God, or to esteem any created thing
more than God the Creator, is wickedness and a form of idolatry.
God’s warning is clear: do not do it.
Following are a few of the many verses in the Bible, relating
to the subject of idols and idolatry.

2-GOD’S
WARNING: HIS COMMANDS

Ex
20:3-6-THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
4-THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE,
OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH
BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH:
5-THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM, NOR SERVE THEM:
FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS
UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME;
6-AND SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME,
AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.

Ex
20:23-YE SHALL NOT MAKE WITH ME GODS OF SILVER, NEITHER SHALL YE MAKE UNTO
YOU GODS OF GOLD.

Ex
23:13-AND IN ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU BE CIRCUMSPECT: AND MAKE
NO MENTION OF THE NAME OF OTHER GODS, NEITHER LET IT BE HEARD OUT OF THY
MOUTH.

Deut
4:16-18-(Take heed) LEST YE CORRUPT YOURSELVES, AND MAKE YOU A GRAVEN IMAGE,
THE SIMILITUDE OF ANY FIGURE, THE LIKENESS OF MALE OR FEMALE,
17-THE LIKENESS OF ANY BEAST THAT IS ON THE EARTH, THE LIKENESS
OF ANY WINGED FOWL THAT FLIETH IN THE AIR,
18-THE LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT CREEPETH ON THE GROUND,
THE LIKENESS OF ANY FISH THAT IS IN THE WATERS BENEATH THE EARTH.
Deut 4:23,24-TAKE HEED UNTO YOURSELVES, LEST YE FORGET THE
COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH HE MADE WITH YOU, AND MAKE YOU A GRAVEN
IMAGE, OR THE LIKENESS OF ANY THING, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH FORBIDDEN THEE.
24-FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE, EVEN A JEALOUS
GOD.

This
warning, in Deut 4:16-18,23,24, also extends to the wicked sin of astrology.
God has destroyed whole nations for such wickedness. It is written, Deut 4:15,16,19,24,26-TAKE…HEED…LEST
YE CORRUPT YOURSELVES…AND LEST THOU LIFT UP THINE EYES UNTO HEAVEN, AND WHEN
THOU SEEST THE SUN, AND THE MOON, AND THE STARS, EVEN ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN,
SHOULDEST BE DRIVEN TO WORSHIP THEM, AND SERVE THEM, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD
HATH DIVIDED UNTO ALL NATIONS UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN. FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS
A CONSUMING FIRE, EVEN A JEALOUS GOD. I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH TO WITNESS AGAINST
YOU THIS DAY, THAT YE SHALL…UTTERLY PERISH FROM OFF THE LAND.

Deut
7:25,26-THE GRAVEN IMAGES OF THEIR GODS SHALL YE BURN WITH FIRE: THOU
SHALT NOT DESIRE THE SILVER OR GOLD THAT IS ON THEM, NOR TAKE IT UNTO THEE,
LEST THOU BE SNARED THEREIN: FOR IT IS AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD THY GOD.
26-NEITHER SHALT THOU BRING AN ABOMINATION INTO THINE HOUSE,
LEST THOU BE A CURSED THING LIKE IT: BUT THOU SHALT UTTERLY DETEST IT,
AND THOU SHALT UTTERLY ABHOR IT; FOR IT IS A CURSED THING.

Yet
despite God’s commands, people do what they wish. They will perish, unless they
repent.

Isa
44:6-20-THUS SAITH THE LORD THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND HIS REDEEMER THE LORD OF
HOSTS; I AM THE FIRST, AND I AM THE LAST; AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO GOD.
7-AND WHO, AS I, SHALL CALL, AND SHALL DECLARE IT, AND SET
IT IN ORDER FOR ME, SINCE I APPOINTED THE ANCIENT PEOPLE? AND THE THINGS THAT
ARE COMING, AND SHALL COME, LET THEM SHEW UNTO THEM.
8-FEAR YE NOT, NEITHER BE AFRAID: HAVE NOT I TOLD THEE FROM
THAT TIME, AND HAVE DECLARED IT? YE ARE EVEN MY WITNESSES. IS THERE A GOD BESIDE
ME? YEA, THERE IS NO GOD; I KNOW NOT ANY.
9-THEY THAT MAKE A GRAVEN IMAGEARE ALL OF THEM
VANITY; AND THEIR DELECTABLE THINGS SHALL NOT PROFIT; AND THEY ARE
THEIR OWN WITNESSES; THEY SEE NOT, NOR KNOW; THAT THEY MAY BE
ASHAMED.
10-WHO HATH FORMED A GOD, OR MOLTEN A GRAVEN IMAGE THAT
IS PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING?
11-BEHOLD, ALL HIS FELLOWS SHALL BE ASHAMED: AND THE WORKMEN,
THEY ARE OF MEN: LET THEM ALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER, LET THEM STAND UP; YET THEY
SHALL FEAR, AND THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED TOGETHER.
12-THE SMITH WITH THE TONGS BOTH WORKETH IN THE COALS, AND
FASHIONETH IT WITH HAMMERS, AND WORKETH IT WITH THE STRENGTH OF HIS ARMS: YEA,
HE IS HUNGRY, AND HIS STRENGTH FAILETH: HE DRINKETH NO WATER, AND IS FAINT.
13-THE CARPENTER STRETCHETH OUT HIS RULE; HE MARKETH IT OUT
WITH A LINE; HE FITTETH IT WITH PLANES, AND HE MARKETH IT OUT WITH THE COMPASS,
AND MAKETH IT AFTER THE FIGURE OF A MAN, ACCORDING TO THE BEAUTY OF A MAN; THAT
IT MAY REMAIN IN THE HOUSE.
14-HE HEWETH HIM DOWN CEDARS, AND TAKETH THE CYPRESS AND
THE OAK, WHICH HE STRENGTHENETH FOR HIMSELF AMONG THE TREES OF THE FOREST: HE
PLANTETH AN ASH, AND THE RAIN DOTH NOURISH IT.
15-THEN SHALL IT BE FOR A MAN TO BURN: FOR HE WILL TAKE THEREOF,
AND WARM HIMSELF; YEA, HE KINDLETH IT, AND BAKETH BREAD; YEA, HE MAKETH A
GOD, AND WORSHIPPETH IT; HE MAKETH IT A GRAVEN IMAGE, AND
FALLETH DOWN THERETO.
16-HE BURNETH PART THEREOF IN THE FIRE; WITH PART THEREOF
HE EATETH FLESH; HE ROASTETH ROAST, AND IS SATISFIED: YEA, HE WARMETH HIMSELF,
AND SAITH, AHA, I AM WARM, I HAVE SEEN THE FIRE:
17-AND THE RESIDUE THEREOF HE MAKETH A GOD, EVEN HIS GRAVEN
IMAGE: HE FALLETH DOWN UNTO IT, AND WORSHIPPETH IT, AND PRAYETH
UNTO IT, AND SAITH, DELIVER ME; FOR THOU ART MY GOD.
18-THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR UNDERSTOOD: FOR
HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES, THAT THEY CANNOT SEE; AND THEIR HEARTS, THAT
THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
19-AND NONE CONSIDERETH IN HIS HEART, NEITHER IS THERE KNOWLEDGE
NOR UNDERSTANDING TO SAY, I HAVE BURNED PART OF IT IN THE FIRE; YEA, ALSO I
HAVE BAKED BREAD UPON THE COALS THEREOF; I HAVE ROASTED FLESH, AND EATEN IT:
AND SHALL I MAKE THE RESIDUE THEREOF AN ABOMINATION? SHALLI FALL
DOWN TO THE STOCK OF A TREE?
20-HE FEEDETH ON ASHES: A DECEIVED HEART HATH TURNED HIM
ASIDE, THAT HE CANNOT DELIVER HIS SOUL, NOR SAY, IS THERE NOT A LIE IN MY
RIGHT HAND?

Isa
46:6-THEY LAVISH GOLD OUT OF THE BAG, AND WEIGH SILVER IN THE BALANCE, AND HIRE
A GOLDSMITH; AND HE MAKETH IT A GOD: THEY FALL DOWN, YEA, THEY WORSHIP.

4-MAKING
AN IDOL IS A SIN

Isa
31:7-IDOLS OF SILVER, AND HIS IDOLS OF GOLD, WHICH YOUR OWN HANDS HAVE
MADE UNTO YOU FOR A SIN.

Deut
7:26-NEITHER SHALT THOU BRING AN ABOMINATION INTO THINE HOUSE, LEST THOU
BE A CURSED THING LIKE IT: BUT THOU SHALT UTTERLY DETEST IT, AND THOU
SHALT UTTERLY ABHOR IT; FOR IT IS A CURSED THING.

Deut
27:15-ANY GRAVEN OR MOLTEN IMAGE, AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD…AND
ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL ANSWER AND SAY, AMEN.

6-PRAYING
TO AND WORSHIPPING AN IDOL

Isa
44:15-A MAN…HE MAKETH A GOD, AND WORSHIPPETH IT; HE MAKETH IT
A GRAVEN IMAGE, AND FALLETH DOWN THERETO.
Isa 44:17-HE MAKETH A GOD, EVEN HIS GRAVEN IMAGE:
HE FALLETH DOWN UNTO IT, AND WORSHIPPETH IT, AND PRAYETH UNTO IT,
AND SAITH, DELIVER ME; FOR THOU ART MY GOD.

Isa
45:20-THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT SET UP THE WOOD OF THEIR GRAVEN
IMAGE, AND PRAY UNTO A GOD THAT CANNOT SAVE.

Isa
46:6,7-THEY…HIRE A GOLDSMITH; AND HE MAKETH IT A GOD: THEY FALL DOWN,
YEA, THEY WORSHIP.
7-THEY BEAR HIM UPON THE SHOULDER, THEY CARRY HIM,
AND SET HIM IN HIS PLACE, AND HE STANDETH…ONE SHALL CRY UNTO HIM, YET
CAN HE NOT ANSWER, NOR SAVE HIM OUT OF HIS TROUBLE.

Deut
32:17-THEY SACRIFICED UNTO DEVILS, NOT TO GOD; TO GODS WHOM THEY KNEW
NOT, TO NEW GODS THAT CAME NEWLY UP, WHOM YOUR FATHERS FEARED NOT.

7-PRAISED
THE GODS OF SILVER AND GOLD

Dan
5:23-BUT HAST LIFTED UP THYSELF AGAINST THE LORD OF HEAVEN; AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT
THE VESSELS OF HIS HOUSE BEFORE THEE, AND THOU, AND THY LORDS, THY WIVES, AND
THY CONCUBINES, HAVE DRUNK WINE IN THEM; AND THOU HAST PRAISED THE GODS OF
SILVER, AND GOLD, OF BRASS, IRON, WOOD, AND STONE, WHICH SEE NOT, NOR HEAR,
NOR KNOW: AND THE GOD IN WHOSE HAND THY BREATH IS, AND WHOSE ARE ALL THY WAYS,
HAST THOU NOT GLORIFIED.

8-WOE
TO HIM THAT TRUSTS IN AN IMAGE

Hab
2:18,19-WHAT PROFITETH THE GRAVEN IMAGE THAT THE MAKER THEREOF HATH GRAVEN
IT; THE MOLTEN IMAGE, AND A TEACHER OF LIES, THAT THE MAKER OF HIS WORK TRUSTETH
THEREIN, TO MAKE DUMB IDOLS?
19-WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH TO THE WOOD, AWAKE; TO THE DUMB
STONE, ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH! BEHOLD, IT IS LAID OVER WITH GOLD AND SILVER,
AND THERE IS NO BREATH AT ALL IN THE MIDST OF IT.

9-IDOLS
THAT ARE MADE CANNOT

IDOLS
CANNOT SEE

IDOLS
CANNOT HEAR

THEY
CANNOT SPEAK THROUGH THEIR THROAT

THEY
CANNOT SMELL

THEY
CANNOT HANDLE ANYTHING

THEY
CANNOT WALK

IDOLS
CANNOT KNOW ANYTHING

IDOLS
ARE DUMB

THEY
HAVE NO BREATH

IDOLS
ARE A FRAUD

THEY
ARE WORTHLESS

IDOLS
ARE A MOCKERY

THEY
ARE VANITY

IDOLS
ARE WIND AND CONFUSION

IMAGES
DO NOT PROFIT

THEY
ARE PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING

THE
IMAGE CANNOT ANSWER NOR SAVE A PERSON OUT OF HIS TROUBLE

Dan
5:23-THOU HAST PRAISED THE GODS OF SILVER, AND GOLD, OF BRASS, IRON, WOOD, AND
STONE, WHICH SEE NOT, NOR HEAR, NOR KNOW.

Hab
2:18,19-THE MOLTEN IMAGE…THE…DUMB IDOLS? WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH TO THE
WOOD, AWAKE; TO THE DUMB STONE, ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH!…THERE IS NO
BREATH AT ALL IN…IT.

Jere
51:17,18 NIV-HIS IMAGES ARE A FRAUD; THEY HAVE NO BREATH
IN THEM.
18-THEY ARE WORTHLESS, THE OBJECTS OF MOCKERY.

Isa
41:29-BEHOLD, THEY ARE ALL VANITY; THEIR WORKS ARE NOTHING: THEIR MOLTEN
IMAGES ARE WIND AND CONFUSION.

Isa
44:9-A GRAVEN IMAGE...SHALL NOT PROFIT... THEY SEE NOT, NOR
KNOW.
Isa 44:10-WHO HATH FORMED A GOD, OR MOLTEN A GRAVEN IMAGE
THAT IS PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING?

Isa
46:6,7-HE MAKETH IT A GOD: THEY FALL DOWN, YEA, THEY WORSHIP....ONE
SHALL CRY UNTO HIM, YET CAN HE NOT ANSWER, NOR SAVE HIM OUT OF HIS TROUBLE.

Rev
9:20-IDOLS OF GOLD, AND SILVER, AND BRASS, AND STONE, AND OF WOOD: WHICH
NEITHER CAN SEE, NOR HEAR, NOR WALK.

10-SOME
FEARED THE LORD AND ALSO SERVED OTHER GODS, GOD FORBID!

2
Ki 17:33-THEY FEARED THE LORD, AND SERVED THEIR OWN GODS, AFTER
THE MANNER OF THE NATIONS WHOM THEY CARRIED AWAY FROM THENCE.

11-PEOPLE
THAT WORSHIP IMAGES AND IDOLS ARE DECEIVED

Isa
44:18-THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR UNDERSTOOD: FOR HE HATH SHUT
THEIR EYES, THAT THEY CANNOT SEE; AND THEIR HEARTS, THAT THEY CANNOT
UNDERSTAND.

Isa
44:20-HE FEEDETH ON ASHES: A DECEIVED HEART HATH TURNED HIM ASIDE, THAT
HE CANNOT DELIVER HIS SOUL, NOR SAY, (IS NOT THIS THING IN MY RIGHT HAND A LIE?-NIV).

Isa
45:20-THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT SET UP THE WOOD OF THEIR GRAVEN
IMAGE, AND PRAY UNTO A GOD THAT CANNOT SAVE.

Ps
115:4-8-THEIR IDOLS ARE SILVER AND GOLD, THE WORK OF MEN'S HANDS.
5-THEY SPEAK NOT…THEY SEE NOT:
6-THEY HEAR NOT…THEY SMELL NOT:
7-THEY HANDLE NOT…THEY WALK NOT: NEITHER SPEAK THEY THROUGH
THEIR THROAT.
8-THEY THAT MAKE THEM ARE LIKE UNTO THEM; SO IS
EVERY ONE THAT TRUSTETH IN THEM (ref Ps 135:15-18).

Jere
51:17,18 NIV-EVERY MAN IS SENSELESS AND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE; EVERY GOLDSMITH IS
SHAMED BY HIS IDOLS. HIS IMAGES ARE A FRAUD; THEY HAVE NO BREATH IN THEM.
18-THEY ARE WORTHLESS, THE OBJECTS OF MOCKERY; WHEN THEIR
JUDGMENT COMES, THEY WILL PERISH.

13-PEOPLE
THAT HAVE IDOLS ARE CURSED

Deut
7:26-NEITHER SHALT THOU BRING AN ABOMINATION INTO THINE HOUSE, LEST THOU
BE A CURSED THING LIKE IT: BUT THOU SHALT UTTERLY DETEST IT, AND THOU SHALT
UTTERLY ABHOR IT; FOR IT IS A CURSED THING.
However, they can repent. But if they do not, the curse remains
upon them.

14-PEOPLE
THAT MAKE IDOLS ARE CURSED

Deut
27:15-CURSED BE THE MAN THAT MAKETH ANY GRAVEN OR MOLTEN IMAGE, AN ABOMINATION
UNTO THE LORD, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF THE CRAFTSMAN, AND PUTTETH IT IN A SECRET
PLACE: AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL ANSWER AND SAY, AMEN.

15-WARNING:
SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED

Ps
16:4-THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED THAT HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER GOD…I
(will) NOT OFFER, NOR TAKE UP THEIR NAMES INTO MY LIPS.

16-DURING
THE TRIBULATION, IT IS WRITTEN

Rev
9:20,21-AND THE REST OF THE MEN WHICH WERE NOT KILLED BY THESE PLAGUES YET REPENTED
NOT OF THE WORKS OF THEIR HANDS, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT WORSHIP DEVILS,
AND IDOLS OF GOLD, AND SILVER, AND BRASS, AND STONE, AND OF WOOD: WHICH NEITHER
CAN SEE, NOR HEAR, NOR WALK:
21-NEITHER REPENTED THEY OF THEIR MURDERS, NOR OF THEIR SORCERIES,
NOR OF THEIR FORNICATION, NOR OF THEIR THEFTS.

Isa
31:7-FOR IN THAT DAY EVERY MAN SHALL CAST AWAY HIS IDOLS OF SILVER, AND
HIS IDOLS OF GOLD, WHICH YOUR OWN HANDS HAVE MADE UNTO YOU FOR A SIN.

18-CHANGED
THE GLORY OF GOD INTO AN IMAGE

Ro
1:22,23-PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS,
23-AND CHANGED THE GLORY OF THE UNCORRUPTIBLE GODINTO AN IMAGE MADE LIKE TO CORRUPTIBLE MAN, AND TO BIRDS, AND FOURFOOTED
BEASTS, AND CREEPING THINGS.
Ps 106:19,20-THEY MADE A CALF IN HOREB, AND WORSHIPPED
THE MOLTEN IMAGE.
20-THUS THEY CHANGED THEIR GLORY INTO THE SIMILITUDE
OF AN OX THAT EATETH GRASS.

19-REBELLION
IS AS WITCHCRAFT; STUBBORNNESS IS AS IDOLATRY

1
Sam 15:23-FOR REBELLION IS AS THE SIN OF WITCHCRAFT, AND STUBBORNNESS IS AS
INIQUITY AND IDOLATRY. BECAUSE THOU HAST REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD, HE HATH
ALSO REJECTED THEE FROM BEING KING.

20-COVETOUSNESS
IS IDOLATRY

Col
3:5-MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH; FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS,
INORDINATE AFFECTION, EVIL CONCUPISCENCE, AND COVETOUSNESS, WHICH IS IDOLATRY.

21-WARNING
ABOUT SERVING CREATED THINGS MORE THAN THE CREATOR

Ro
1:24,25,28,32-WHEREFORE GOD ALSO GAVE THEM UP…
25-WHO CHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD INTO A LIE, AND WORSHIPPED
AND SERVED THE CREATURE (or created things) MORE THAN THE CREATOR,
WHO IS BLESSED FOR EVER. AMEN.
28-AND EVEN AS THEY DID NOT LIKE TO RETAIN GOD IN THEIR
KNOWLEDGE, GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO A REPROBATE MIND, TO DO THOSE THINGS WHICH
ARE NOT CONVENIENT.
32-WHO KNOWING THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT THEY WHICH COMMIT
SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH, NOT ONLY DO THE SAME, BUT HAVE PLEASURE IN
THEM THAT DO THEM.

22-THE
GOD OF HEAVEN IS THE ONLY GOD; JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY

Isa
45:21-TELL YE, AND BRING THEM NEAR; YEA, LET THEM TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER: WHO
HATH DECLARED THIS FROM ANCIENT TIME? WHO HATH TOLD IT FROM THAT TIME? HAVE
NOT I THE LORD? AND THERE IS NO GOD ELSE BESIDE ME; A JUST GOD AND A
SAVIOUR; THERE IS NONE BESIDE ME.

Isa
45:22-LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED, ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: FOR I AM GOD,
AND THERE IS NONE ELSE.

Isa
44:6-THUS SAITH THE LORD THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND HIS REDEEMER THE LORD OF HOSTS;
I AM THE FIRST, AND I AM THE LAST; AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO GOD.

Ps
96:4,5-FOR THE LORD IS GREAT, AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED: HE IS TO BE FEARED
ABOVE ALL GODS. 5-FOR ALL THE GODS OF THE NATIONS ARE
IDOLS: BUT THE LORD MADE THE HEAVENS (ref 1 Chr 16:25,26).

1
Jn 5:20-AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD IS COME, AND HATH GIVEN US AN UNDERSTANDING,
THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM THAT IS TRUE, AND WE ARE IN HIM THAT IS TRUE, EVEN IN HIS
SON JESUS CHRIST. THIS IS THE TRUE GOD, AND ETERNAL LIFE. LITTLE CHILDREN,
KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS. AMEN.

Acts
4:12-NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER: FOR THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER
HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED.

Jn 3:36-HE THAT BELIEVETH
ON THE SON (which is Jesus) HATH EVERLASTING LIFE: AND HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT
THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE; BUT THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDETH ON HIM.

Jesus Christ—God’s only
begotten Son—is the only way.

THE SECOND
MESSAGE ON IDOLS

23-INTRODUCTION

In
every nation of the world, people worship and serve idols. The Bible declares
such things are an abomination to the Lord. There is a curse on all who practice
idolatry—those that make, possess, believe in, serve, or worship graven images
or idols. An idol can be anything that comes before Almighty God. Anything that
is more important to a person or cherished more than God is an idol.
In America, people are devoted to possessions, pleasures,
and the pursuit of happiness. Television, computers, the Internet, money, sex,
self, prosperity, fame, sports, their job, car, house, addictions, are some
of the many things that often come before God. Unsaved friends or relatives
often come before God. Warnings from the pulpit about the dangers of listening
to and following the counsel of the ungodly are seldom given; and when they
are given, they are seldom heeded. Many verses are either ignored or not understood
in this lukewarm generation, such as Lk 16:26-IF ANY MAN COME TO ME AND HATE
NOT HIS FATHER, AND MOTHER, AND WIFE, AND CHILDREN, AND BRETHREN, AND SISTERS,
YEA, AND HIS OWN LIFE ALSO, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE. Should God direct a person
to give up some of these, rebellion and stubbornness would arise quickly from
most.
Scriptures that tell a person to deny himself and follow
Jesus-ref Lk 9:23, are seldom heard in the churches anymore. Scriptures that
tell a person to SELL THAT YE HAVE AND GIVE ALMS-Lk 12:33 are often explained
away as not meaning what they say.
Yet these verses shall judge each of us. It is clearly written
in Luke 14:33-SO LIKEWISE, WHOSOEVER HE BE OF YOU THAT FORSAKETH NOT ALL THAT
HE HATH, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE.
God is a jealous God. There is to be nothing that comes before
HIM and obeying HIS WORD.
Remember the greatest commandment of all? In Mt 22:37, JESUS
SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH
ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND.
Mk 12:30-AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY
HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND, AND WITH ALL THY STRENGTH:
THIS IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.
Lk 10:27,28-AND HE ANSWERING SAID, THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD
THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY STRENGTH,
AND WITH ALL THY MIND; AND THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU
HAST ANSWERED RIGHT: THIS DO, AND THOU SHALT LIVE.
God’s Word also says in Jn 14:21-HE THAT HATH MY COMMANDMENTS,
AND KEEPETH THEM, HE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME: AND HE THAT LOVETH ME SHALL BE LOVED
OF MY FATHER, AND I WILL LOVE HIM, AND WILL MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM.
Jn 15:10-IF YE KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YE SHALL ABIDE IN MY
LOVE; EVEN AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS, AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE.
Jn 14:15-IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.

24-GOD
IS

HE IS
THE FIRST AND THE LAST.

THERE
IS NO OTHER GOD BESIDE THE GOD OF HEAVEN.

THERE
IS NONE LIKE HIM.

HE IS
GREAT.

GREAT
IS THE LORD.

HE IS
TO BE GREATLY PRAISED.

HE IS
TO BE FEARED.

THE
LORD MADE THE HEAVENS.

JESUS
IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.

It
is written:
Isa 44:6-THUS SAITH THE LORD THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND HIS
REDEEMER THE LORD OF HOSTS; I AM THE FIRST, AND I AM THE LAST; AND BESIDE
ME THERE IS NO GOD.Isa 44:8-…IS THERE A GOD BESIDE ME? YEA, THERE IS NO GOD;
I KNOW NOT ANY.
Isa 45:21-…THERE IS NO GOD ELSE BESIDE ME; A JUST GOD
AND A SAVIOUR; THERE IS NONE BESIDE ME.
Isa 46:9-REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD: FOR I AM GOD,
AND THERE IS NONE ELSE; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME.Ps 96:4-FOR THE LORD IS GREAT, AND GREATLY
TO BE PRAISED: HE IS TO BE FEARED ABOVE ALL GODS.
1 Chr 16:25-FOR GREAT IS THE LORD, AND GREATLY
TO BE PRAISED: HE ALSO IS TO BE FEARED ABOVE ALL GODS.
Ps 96:5-FOR ALL THE GODS OF THE NATIONS ARE IDOLS: BUT THE
LORD MADE THE HEAVENS.
1 Chr 16:26-GODS OF THE PEOPLE ARE IDOLS: BUT THE LORD
MADE THE HEAVENS.
I Jn 5:20-AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD IS COME, AND HATH
GIVEN US AN UNDERSTANDING, THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM THAT IS TRUE, AND WE ARE IN
HIM THAT IS TRUE, EVEN IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. THIS IS THE TRUE GOD,
AND ETERNAL LIFE.
The Scriptures show the God of heaven is the one true God.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and He is true. Through Him, we have eternal
life.

GOD
WARNS ABOUT MAKING A GRAVEN IMAGEIN
THE LIKENESS OF ANY FIGURE,MALE OR
FEMALE,OR OF ANY BEAST,ANY
WINGED FOWL,ANYTHING THAT CREEPETH,OR ANY FISH.

GOD
WARNS TO MAKE NO MENTIONOF OTHER
GODS.

HE WARNS
US ABOUT ASTROLOGY—THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN, MOON, STARS, ETC.

HE WARNS
US ABOUT FORGETTING THE COVENANT OF THE LORD

AND
MAKING A GRAVEN IMAGE.

WE ARE
TOLD: KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS,

YOU
SHALL NOT FEAR, SERVE, OR SACRIFICE TO OTHER GODS.

26-YOU
SHALL NOT DESIRE THESE—IT IS AN ABOMINATION

It
is written:
Ex 20:3-THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
Ex 20:4-THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY
GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT IS IN
HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER
THE EARTH:
Ex 20:5-THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM,
NOR SERVE THEM: FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING
THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION
OF THEM THAT HATE ME;
Ex 20:23-YE SHALL NOT MAKE WITH ME GODS OF
SILVER, NEITHER SHALL YE MAKE UNTO YOU GODS OF GOLD.
Deut 4:15,16-TAKE HEED…LEST YE CORRUPT YOURSELVES, AND MAKE
YOU A GRAVEN IMAGE, THE SIMILITUDE OF ANY FIGURE,
THE LIKENESS OF MALE OR FEMALE,
Deut 4:17-THE LIKENESS OF ANY BEAST THAT IS
ON THE EARTH, THE LIKENESS OF ANY WINGED FOWL THAT FLIETH IN THE
AIR,
Deut 4:18-THE LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT CREEPETH
ON THE GROUND, THE LIKENESS OF ANY FISH THAT IS IN THE WATERS
BENEATH THE EARTH:
Ex 23:13-AND IN ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU BE CIRCUMSPECT:
AND MAKE NO MENTION OF THE NAME OF OTHER GODS, NEITHER LET IT
BE HEARD OUT OF THY MOUTH.
I Jn 5:21-LITTLE CHILDREN, KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS.
AMEN.
2 Ki 17:35-…THE LORD HAD MADE A COVENANT, AND CHARGED THEM,
SAYING, YE SHALL NOT FEAR OTHER GODS, NOR BOW YOURSELVES TO THEM,
NOR SERVE THEM, NOR SACRIFICE TO THEM.
Deut 7:25-THE GRAVEN IMAGES OF THEIR GODS SHALL
YE BURN WITH FIRE: THOU SHALT NOT DESIRE THE SILVER OR GOLD THAT IS ON THEM,
NOR TAKE IT UNTO THEE, LEST THOU BE SNARED THEREIN: FOR IT IS AN ABOMINATION
TO THE LORD THY GOD.
Deut 7:26-NEITHER SHALT THOU BRING AN ABOMINATION INTO THINE
HOUSE, LEST THOU BE A CURSED THING LIKE IT: BUT THOU SHALT UTTERLY
DETEST IT, AND THOU SHALT UTTERLY ABHOR IT; FOR IT IS A CURSED THING.
Deut 4:19-AND LEST THOU LIFT UP THINE EYES UNTO HEAVEN, AND
WHEN THOU SEEST THE SUN, AND THE MOON, AND THE STARS,
EVEN ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN, SHOULDEST BE DRIVEN TO WORSHIP
THEM, AND SERVE THEM, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH DIVIDED
UNTO ALL NATIONS UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN.
Deut 4:23-TAKE HEED UNTO YOURSELVES, LEST YE FORGET
THE COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH HE MADE WITH YOU, AND
MAKE YOU A GRAVEN IMAGE, OR THE LIKENESS OF ANY THING,
WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH FORBIDDEN THEE.
Deut 4:24-FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE, EVEN
A JEALOUS GOD.

27-GOD’S
WARNING ABOUT REBELLION AND STUBBORNNESS

There
are other forms of idolatry, such as self-will. It is written:
1 Sam 15:23-FOR REBELLION IS AS
THE SIN OF WITCHCRAFT, AND STUBBORNNESS IS AS INIQUITY AND
IDOLATRY…
Warning—stubbornness is the same as idolatry.

28-MAN
IS CORRUPTIBLE; GOD IS INCORRUPTIBLE

It
is written:
Ro 1:23-AND CHANGED THE GLORY OF THE UNCORRUPTIBLE
GOD INTO AN IMAGE MADE LIKE TO CORRUPTIBLE MAN, AND TO
BIRDS, AND FOURFOOTED BEASTS, AND CREEPING THINGS.

29-HOW
AN IDOL OR IMAGE IS MADE HOW UTTERLY STUPID IT IS
TO TAKE A MATERIAL SUCH AS WOOD, WHICH YOU MAY USE TO COOK WITH OR HEAT YOUR
HOUSE WITH, AND MAKE AN IDOL FROM IT, AND THEN PRAY TO IT AND SAY, "YOU
ARE MY GOD!"

It
is written:
Isa 44:10-WHO HATH FORMED A GOD, OR MOLTEN (OR CASTS) A GRAVEN
IMAGE THAT IS PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING?
Isa 44:12-THE (BLACK) SMITH WITH THE TONGS (OR A TOOL) BOTH
WORKETH IN THE COALS, AND FASHIONETH IT WITH HAMMERS, AND WORKETH IT WITH THE
STRENGTH OF HIS ARMS: YEA, HE IS (OR GETS) HUNGRY, AND HIS STRENGTH FAILETH:
HE DRINKETH NO WATER, AND IS (OR GROWS) FAINT.
Isa 44:13-THE CARPENTER STRETCHETH OUT HIS RULE (OR LINE);
HE MARKETH IT OUT WITH A LINE (OR MARKER); HE FITTETH IT (OR ROUGHS IT OUT)
WITH PLANES (OR CHISELS), AND HE MARKETH IT OUT WITH THE COMPASS, AND MAKETH
IT AFTER THE FIGURE (OR SHAPE) OF A MAN, ACCORDING TO THE BEAUTY OF A MAN; THAT
IT MAY REMAIN IN THE HOUSE (OR IN A SHRINE).
Isa 44:14-HE HEWETH (OR CUTS) HIM DOWN CEDARS, AND TAKETH
THE CYPRESS AND THE OAK, WHICH HE STRENGTHENETH FOR HIMSELF AMONG THE TREES
OF THE FOREST: HE PLANTETH AN ASH (OR PINE), AND THE RAIN DOTH NOURISH IT.
Isa 44:15-THEN SHALL IT BE FOR A MAN TO BURN: FOR HE WILL
TAKE THEREOF, AND WARM HIMSELF; YEA, HE KINDLETH IT, AND BAKETH BREAD; YEA,
(BUT) HE (ALSO) MAKETH A GOD, AND WORSHIPPETH IT; HE MAKETH IT A GRAVEN IMAGE,
AND FALLETH (OR BOWS) DOWN THERETO (TO IT).
Isa 44:16-HE BURNETH PART THEREOF (OF THE WOOD) IN THE FIRE;
WITH PART THEREOF HE EATETH FLESH (OR PREPARES A MEAL); HE ROASTETH ROAST (OR
HIS MEAL), AND IS SATISFIED: YEA, HE WARMETH HIMSELF, AND SAITH, AHA, I AM WARM,
I HAVE SEEN THE FIRE:
Isa 44:17-AND THE RESIDUE (OR FROM THE REST) THEREOF HE MAKETH
A GOD, EVEN HIS GRAVEN IMAGE (OR IDOL): HE FALLETH (OR BOWS) DOWN UNTO IT, AND
WORSHIPPETH IT, AND PRAYETH UNTO IT, AND SAITH, DELIVER ME (OR SAVE ME); FOR
THOU ART MY GOD.
Isa 44:18-THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR UNDERSTOOD (THEY KNOW NOTHING,
THEY UNDERSTAND NOTHING): FOR HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES, THAT THEY CANNOT SEE;
AND THEIR HEARTS, (OR MINDS) (SO) THAT THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
Isa 44:19-AND NONE CONSIDERETH IN HIS HEART (OR NO ONE STOPS
TO THINK), NEITHER IS THERE KNOWLEDGE NOR UNDERSTANDING TO SAY, I HAVE BURNED
PART OF IT IN THE FIRE (FOR FUEL); YEA, ALSO I HAVE BAKED BREAD UPON THE (OR
ITS) COALS THEREOF; I HAVE ROASTED FLESH (OR MEAT), AND EATEN IT: AND SHALL
I MAKE THE RESIDUE THEREOF (OR WHAT IS LEFT) AN ABOMINATION (OR SHALL I MAKE
A DETESTABLE THING FROM WHAT IS LEFT-NIV)? SHALL I FALL DOWN TO THE STOCK OF
A TREE (or A BLOCK OF WOOD)?
Isa 44:20-HE FEEDETH ON ASHES: A DECEIVED HEART HATH TURNED
HIM ASIDE (OR MISLEADS HIM), THAT HE CANNOT DELIVER HIS SOUL, NOR SAY, IS THERE
NOT A LIE IN MY RIGHT HAND (OR HE FEEDS ON ASHES, A DELUDED HEART MISLEADS HIM;
HE CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF, OR SAY, "IS NOT THIS THING IN MY RIGHT HAND A LIE?"-NIV).
Isa 46:6-THEY LAVISH GOLD OUT OF THE BAG, AND WEIGH SILVER
IN THE BALANCE, AND HIRE A GOLDSMITH; AND HE MAKETH IT A GOD: THEY FALL DOWN,
YEA, THEY WORSHIP.
Ps 115:4-THEIR IDOLS ARE SILVER AND GOLD, THE
WORK OF MEN'S HANDS.

30-IDOLS
ARE MADE LIKE:

CORRUPTIBLE
MAN,

BIRDS,

FOURFOOTED
BEASTS,

AND
CREEPING THINGS.

SOME ARE
MADE OF:

GOLD,

SILVER,

BRASS,

IRON,

WOOD,

AND
STONE.

It
is written:
Ro 1:23-AND CHANGED THE GLORY OF THE UNCORRUPTIBLE GOD INTO
AN IMAGE MADE LIKE TO CORRUPTIBLE MAN, AND TO BIRDS, AND FOURFOOTED BEASTS,
AND CREEPING THINGS.Dan 5:23-THOU HAST PRAISED THE GODS OF SILVER, AND
GOLD, OF BRASS, IRON, WOOD, AND STONE, WHICH SEE NOT, NOR HEAR, NOR
KNOW: AND THE GOD IN WHOSE HAND THY BREATH IS, AND WHOSE ARE ALL THY WAYS, HAST
THOU NOT GLORIFIED.
Isa 44:13-THE CARPENTER STRETCHETH OUT HIS RULE (OR LINE);
HE…MAKETH IT AFTER THE FIGURE (OR SHAPE) OF A MAN, ACCORDING TO THE BEAUTY OF
A MAN; THAT IT MAY REMAIN IN THE HOUSE (OR IN A SHRINE).

31-GOD’S
WORD TELLS US THE FOLLOWING ABOUT IDOLS OR GRAVEN IMAGES:

THEY
ARE DUMB

THEY
ARE IGNORANT

THEY
CANNOT SEE

THEY
CANNOT HEAR

THEY
CANNOT SMELL

THEY
CANNOT ANSWER

THEY
CANNOT SPEAK

THERE
IS NO BREATH IN THEM

THEY
KNOW NOTHING

THEY
PROFIT NOTHING

THEY
ARE PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING

AN IDOL
IS NOTHING

THEY
ARE A FRAUD

THEY
ARE WORTHLESS

THEY
ARE THE WORK OF ERRORS

THEY
ARE THE WORK OF ONE’S HANDS

THEY
ARE VANITY

THEY
ARE CONFUSION

THEY
ARE DETESTABLE

THEY
CANNOT SAVE

THEY
CANNOT SAVE ONE OUT OF HIS TROUBLE

THEY
SHALL PERISH

It
is written:
Hab 2:18-WHAT PROFITETH THE GRAVEN IMAGE THAT THE MAKER THEREOF
HATH GRAVEN IT; THE MOLTEN IMAGE, AND A TEACHER OF LIES, THAT THE MAKER OF HIS
WORK TRUSTETH THEREIN, TO MAKE DUMB IDOLS?
Hab 2:19-WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH TO THE WOOD, AWAKE; TO THE
DUMB STONE, ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH! BEHOLD, IT IS LAID OVER WITH GOLD AND SILVER,
AND THERE IS NO BREATH AT ALL IN THE MIDST OF IT.
Dan 5:23-THE GODS OF SILVER, AND GOLD, OF BRASS, IRON,
WOOD, AND STONE, WHICH SEE NOT, NOR HEAR, NOR KNOW:
Jere 51:17-EVERY MAN IS BRUTISH (OR SENSELESS) BY HIS KNOWLEDGE
(OR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE); EVERY FOUNDER (OR GOLDSMITH) IS CONFOUNDED (OR SHAMED)
BY THE GRAVEN IMAGE: FOR HIS MOLTEN IMAGE IS FALSEHOOD (OR A FRAUD),
AND THERE IS NO BREATH IN THEM.
Jere 51:18-THEY ARE VANITY (OR WORTHLESS),
THE WORK OF ERRORS (OR MOCKERY): IN THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION
THEY SHALL PERISH.Isa 41:29-BEHOLD, THEY ARE ALL VANITY; THEIR
WORKS ARE NOTHING: THEIR MOLTEN IMAGES ARE WIND AND CONFUSION.
Isa 44:9-THEY THAT MAKE A GRAVEN IMAGE ARE ALL OF THEM VANITY
(OR NOTHING); AND THEIR DELECTABLE THINGS SHALL
NOT PROFIT (OR ARE WORTHLESS); AND THEY ARE THEIR OWN WITNESSES;
THEY SEE NOT, NOR KNOW (THEY ARE IGNORANT); THAT
THEY MAY BE ASHAMED (OR TO THEIR OWN SHAME).
Isa 44:10-WHO HATH FORMED A GOD, OR MOLTEN (OR CASTS) A GRAVEN
IMAGE THAT IS PROFITABLE FOR NOTHING?
Isa 45:20-THEIR GRAVEN IMAGE, AND PRAY UNTO A GOD THAT
CANNOT SAVE.
Isa 46:7-ONE SHALL CRY UNTO HIM, YET CAN HE
NOT ANSWER, NOR SAVE HIM OUT OF HIS TROUBLE.
Ps 115:4-THEIR IDOLS ARE SILVER AND GOLD, THE
WORK OF MEN'S HANDS.
Ps 115:5-THEY HAVE MOUTHS, BUT THEY SPEAK NOT:
EYES HAVE THEY, BUT THEY SEE NOT:
Ps 115:6-THEY HAVE EARS, BUT THEY HEAR NOT:
NOSES HAVE THEY, BUT THEY SMELL NOT:
Ps 115:7-THEY HAVE HANDS, BUT THEY HANDLE NOT:
FEET HAVE THEY, BUT THEY WALK NOT: NEITHER SPEAK THEY THROUGH THEIR THROAT.Ps 135:15-THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN ARE SILVER AND GOLD,
THE WORK OF MEN'S HANDS.
Ps 135:16-THEY HAVE MOUTHS, BUT THEY SPEAK NOT;
EYES HAVE THEY, BUT THEY SEE NOT;
Ps 135:17-THEY HAVE EARS, BUT THEY HEAR NOT;
NEITHER IS THERE ANY BREATH IN THEIR MOUTHS.

32-WAYS
THAT PEOPLE SERVE IDOLS:

THEY
BRING IN VESSELS

THEY
PRAISE THE GODS OF GOLD AND SILVER

THEY
WORSHIP IT

THEY
FALL DOWN TO IT

THEY
BOW TO IT

THEY
PRAY TO IT

THEY
SAY, "DELIVER ME"

THEY
SAY, "THOU ART MY GOD"

THEY
BEAR IT ON THEIR SHOULDERS

THEY
CARRY IT

THEY
SET IT IN ITS PLACE

ONE
SHALL CRY UNTO IT

It
is written:
Dan 5:23-THEY HAVE BROUGHT THE VESSELS OF HIS HOUSE
BEFORE THEE, AND THOU, AND THY LORDS, THY WIVES, AND THY CONCUBINES,
HAVE DRUNK WINE IN THEM; AND THOU HAST PRAISED THE GODS
OF SILVER, AND GOLD, OF BRASS, IRON, WOOD, AND STONE, WHICH SEE NOT,
NOR HEAR, NOR KNOW.
Isa 44:15-…HE (ALSO) MAKETH A GOD, AND WORSHIPPETH
IT; HE MAKETH IT A GRAVEN IMAGE, AND FALLETH (OR BOWS) DOWN THERETO
(TO IT).Isa 44:17-AND THE RESIDUE (OR FROM THE REST) THEREOF HE
MAKETH A GOD, EVEN HIS GRAVEN IMAGE (OR IDOL): HE FALLETH (OR BOWS) DOWN
UNTO IT, AND WORSHIPPETH IT, AND PRAYETH UNTO IT,
AND SAITH, DELIVER ME (OR SAVE ME); FOR THOU
ART MY GOD.Isa 45:20-ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES AND COME; DRAW NEAR TOGETHER,
YE THAT ARE ESCAPED OF THE NATIONS: THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT SET UP THE WOOD
OF THEIR GRAVEN IMAGE, AND PRAY UNTO A GOD THAT CANNOT SAVE.
Isa 46:6-THEY LAVISH GOLD OUT OF THE BAG, AND WEIGH SILVER
IN THE BALANCE, AND HIRE A GOLDSMITH; AND HE MAKETH IT A GOD: THEY FALL
DOWN, YEA, THEY WORSHIP.
Isa 46:7-THEY BEAR HIM (IT) UPON THE SHOULDER, THEY
CARRY HIM (IT), AND SET HIM (IT) IN HIS (ITS) PLACE, AND HE (IT) STANDETH;
FROM HIS (THAT) PLACE SHALL HE (IT) NOT REMOVE: YEA, ONE SHALL CRY UNTO
HIM (IT), YET CAN HE (IT) NOT ANSWER, NOR SAVE HIM OUT OF HIS
TROUBLE.

33-IDOLS
ARE MADE AND WORSHIPPED BY:

FOOLS
(or paraphrased—stupid people),

SENSELESS
PEOPLE,

PEOPLE
WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE,OR THAT HAVE NO
KNOWLEDGE

PEOPLE
THAT HAVE NOT UNDERSTOODOR CANNOT
UNDERSTAND,

PEOPLE
THAT KNOW NOTHING,

HE HATH
SHUT THEIR EYES—THEY CANNOT SEE,

THEY
CONSIDER NOT,

THEY
DON’T STOP TO THINK,

THEY
FEED ON ASHES,

THEIR
DECEIVED HEART MISLEADS THEM,

THEY
HAVE A LIE IN THEIR RIGHT HAND,

THOSE
THAT TRUST IN IDOLS—WILL BECOME LIKE THEM:

THEY
SPEAK NOT, SEE NOT, HEAR NOT, SMELL NOT

It
is written:
Ro 1:22-PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS,
Ro 1:23-AND CHANGED THE GLORY OF THE UNCORRUPTIBLE GOD INTO
AN IMAGE MADE LIKE TO CORRUPTIBLE MAN, AND TO BIRDS, AND FOURFOOTED BEASTS,
AND CREEPING THINGS.
Jere 51:17-EVERY MAN IS BRUTISH (OR SENSELESS)
BY HIS KNOWLEDGE (OR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE); EVERY FOUNDER (OR GOLDSMITH)
IS CONFOUNDED (OR SHAMED) BY THE GRAVEN IMAGE: FOR HIS MOLTEN IMAGE IS FALSEHOOD
(OR A FRAUD), AND THERE IS NO BREATH IN THEM.
Isa 44:18-THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR UNDERSTOOD
(THEY KNOW NOTHING, THEY UNDERSTAND NOTHING): FOR HE HATH SHUT
THEIR EYES, THAT THEY CANNOT SEE; AND THEIR HEARTS (OR MINDS),
(SO) THAT THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
Isa 44:19-AND NONE CONSIDERETH IN HIS HEART
(OR NO ONE STOPS TO THINK-NIV), NEITHER IS THERE
KNOWLEDGE NOR UNDERSTANDING TO SAY, I HAVE BURNED PART OF IT IN
THE FIRE (FOR FUEL); YEA, ALSO I HAVE BAKED BREAD UPON THE (OR ITS) COALS THEREOF;
I HAVE ROASTED FLESH (OR MEAT), AND EATEN IT: AND SHALL I MAKE THE RESIDUE THEREOF
AN ABOMINATION (OR SHALL I MAKE A DETESTABLE THING FROM WHAT IS LEFT-NIV)? SHALL
I FALL DOWN TO THE STOCK OF A TREE (OR A BLOCK OF WOOD)?
Isa 44:20-HE FEEDETH ON ASHES: A DECEIVED
HEART HATH TURNED HIM ASIDE (OR MISLEADS HIM), THAT HE
CANNOT DELIVER HIS SOUL, NOR SAY, IS THERE NOT A LIE IN MY RIGHT
HAND (OR HE FEEDS ON ASHES, A DELUDED HEART MISLEADS HIM; HE CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF,
OR SAY, "IS NOT THIS THING IN MY RIGHT HAND A LIE?"-NIV).
Isa 45:20-ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES AND COME; DRAW NEAR TOGETHER,
YE THAT ARE ESCAPED OF THE NATIONS: THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT
SET UP THE WOOD OF THEIR GRAVEN IMAGE, AND PRAY UNTO A GOD THAT CANNOT SAVE.
Ps 115:5-(Regarding idols)…THEY HAVE MOUTHS, BUT THEY
SPEAK NOT: EYES HAVE THEY, BUT THEY SEE NOT:
Ps 115:6-THEY HAVE EARS, BUT THEY HEAR NOT:
NOSES HAVE THEY, BUT THEY SMELL NOT:
Ps 115:7-THEY HAVE HANDS, BUT THEY HANDLE NOT:
FEET HAVE THEY, BUT THEY WALK NOT: NEITHER SPEAK THEY THROUGH THEIR THROAT.Ps 115:8-THEY THAT MAKE THEM ARE LIKE UNTO (OR WILL BECOME
LIKE) THEM; SO IS EVERY ONE THAT TRUSTETH IN THEM.
(Ps 135:15-90 is similar to Ps 115:5-8.)
Ps 135:15-THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN ARE SILVER AND GOLD, THE
WORK OF MEN'S HANDS.
Ps 135:16-THEY HAVE MOUTHS, BUT THEY SPEAK NOT; EYES HAVE
THEY, BUT THEY SEE NOT;
Ps 135:17-THEY HAVE EARS, BUT THEY HEAR NOT; NEITHER IS THERE
ANY BREATH IN THEIR MOUTHS.
Ps 135:18-THEY THAT MAKE THEM ARE LIKE UNTO THEM: SO
IS EVERY ONE THAT TRUSTETH IN THEM.

34-MAKING
IDOLS IS A SIN

It
is written:
Isa 31:7-HIS IDOLS…WHICH YOUR OWN HANDS HAVE MADE UNTO YOU
FOR A SIN.

35-THERE
IS A CURSE ON THOSE

It
is written:
Hab 2:19-WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH TO THE WOOD,
AWAKE; TO THE DUMB STONE, ARISE, IT SHALL TEACH! BEHOLD, IT IS LAID OVER WITH
GOLD AND SILVER, AND THERE IS NO BREATH AT ALL IN THE MIDST OF IT.
Ps 106:36-AND THEY SERVED THEIR IDOLS: WHICH
WERE A SNARE UNTO THEM.
Ps 106:40-THEREFORE WAS THE WRATH OF THE LORD KINDLED
AGAINST HIS PEOPLE, INSOMUCH THAT HE ABHORRED HIS OWN INHERITANCE.Deut 7:25-THE GRAVEN IMAGES OF THEIR GODS
SHALL YE BURN WITH FIRE: THOU SHALT NOT DESIRE THE SILVER OR GOLD THAT IS ON
THEM, NOR TAKE IT UNTO THEE, LEST THOU BE SNARED THEREIN: FOR IT IS AN
ABOMINATION TO THE LORD THY GOD.
Deut 7:26-NEITHER SHALT THOU BRING AN ABOMINATION INTO THINE
HOUSE, LEST THOU BE A CURSED THING LIKE IT: BUT THOU SHALT UTTERLY
DETEST IT, AND THOU SHALT UTTERLY ABHOR IT; FOR IT IS A CURSED THING.
Deut 27:14-AND THE LEVITES SHALL SPEAK, AND SAY UNTO ALL
THE MEN OF ISRAEL WITH A LOUD VOICE,
Deut 27:15-CURSED BE THE MAN THAT MAKETH ANY
GRAVEN OR MOLTEN IMAGE, AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD, THE WORK OF THE HANDS
OF THE CRAFTSMAN, AND PUTTETH IT IN A SECRET PLACE. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL
ANSWER AND SAY, AMEN.

36-THERE
IS A DROUGHT

It
is written:
Jere 50:38-A DROUGHT IS UPON HER WATERS; AND THEY
SHALL BE DRIED UP: FOR IT IS THE LAND OF GRAVEN IMAGES, AND THEY
ARE MAD UPON THEIR IDOLS.

37-BY
SERVING IDOLS, YOU PUT YOURSELF AGAINST GOD

It
is written:
Dan 5:23-BUT HAST LIFTED UP THYSELF AGAINST THE LORD
OF HEAVEN; AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT THE VESSELS OF HIS HOUSE BEFORE THEE,
AND THOU, AND THY LORDS, THY WIVES, AND THY CONCUBINES, HAVE DRUNK WINE IN THEM;
AND THOU HAST PRAISED THE GODS OF SILVER, AND GOLD, OF BRASS, IRON, WOOD, AND
STONE, WHICH SEE NOT, NOR HEAR, NOR KNOW: AND THE GOD IN WHOSE HAND THY
BREATH IS, AND WHOSE ARE ALL THY WAYS, HAST THOU NOT GLORIFIED.

38-THEY
FORGOT GOD

THEY
FORGOT GOD

AND
WORSHIPED AN IMAGE,

THEY
SERVED IDOLS,

THEY
SACRIFICED THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO DEVILS,

THEY
SHED INNOCENT BLOOD,

THEY
SACRIFICED THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO IDOLS.

It
is written:
Ps 106:19-THEY MADE A CALF IN HOREB, AND WORSHIPPED
THE MOLTEN IMAGE.
Ps 106:20-THUS THEY CHANGED THEIR GLORY INTO THE SIMILITUDE
OF AN OX THAT EATETH GRASS.
Ps 106:21-THEY FORGAT GOD THEIR SAVIOUR, WHICH
HAD DONE GREAT THINGS IN EGYPT;
Ps 106:36-AND THEY SERVED THEIR IDOLS: WHICH
WERE A SNARE UNTO THEM.
Ps 106:37-YEA, THEY SACRIFICED THEIR SONS AND THEIR
DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS,
Ps 106:38-AND SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, EVEN
THE BLOOD OF THEIR SONS AND OF THEIR
DAUGHTERS, WHOM THEY SACRIFICED UNTO THE IDOLSOF
CANAAN: AND THE LAND WAS POLLUTED WITH BLOOD.
Ps 106:39-THUS WERE THEY DEFILED WITH THEIR OWN WORKS, AND
WENT A WHORING WITH THEIR OWN INVENTIONS.
Ps 106:40-THEREFORE WAS THE WRATH OF THE LORD KINDLED
AGAINST HIS PEOPLE, INSOMUCH THAT
HE ABHORRED HIS OWN INHERITANCE.

39-THE
FINAL JUDGMENT UPON IDOLS AND THOSE THAT MAKE AND WORSHIP THEM:

THEY
SHALL PERISH

THEY
SHALL BE CAST AWAY

THEY
SHALL BE ASHAMED

THEY
SHALL BE TERRIFIED

Those
that make, keep, trust in, worship, or serve idols, their final destiny is to
perish. They shall have eternity to consider the error of their way. Let us
not forget, however, that graven images are not the only kinds of idols. Consider—stubbornness
and anything that comes before God could be considered an idol of sorts. Beware:
fear God and obey Him.
It is written:
Isa 31:7-FOR IN THAT DAY EVERY MAN SHALL CAST AWAY
HIS IDOLS OF SILVER, AND HIS IDOLS OF GOLD, WHICH YOUR OWN HANDS HAVE
MADE UNTO YOU FOR A SIN.

Jere
51:18-THEY ARE VANITY (OR WORTHLESS), THE WORK OF ERRORS(OR MOCKERY): IN THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION THEY SHALL PERISH.Isa 44:9-THEY THAT MAKE A GRAVEN IMAGE…SEE NOT, NOR KNOW;
THAT THEY MAY BE ASHAMED (OR TO THEIR OWN SHAME-NIV).
Isa 44:11-BEHOLD, ALL HIS FELLOWS SHALL BE ASHAMED:
AND THE WORKMEN, THEY ARE OF (OR NOTHING BUT) MEN: LET THEM ALL BE GATHERED
TOGETHER, LET THEM STAND UP; YET THEY SHALL FEAR (OR BE BROUGHT DOWN TO
TERROR-NIV), AND THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED TOGETHER.

Beware
that you do not forget God, but be ever mindful of Him. For it is written:
Deut 32:17-19-THEY SACRIFICED UNTO DEVILS, NOT TO GOD…OF
THE ROCK THAT BEGAT THEE THOU ART UNMINDFUL (OR YOU DESERTED THEROCK, WHO FATHERED YOU-NIV) AND HAST FORGOTTEN GOD THAT FORMED
THEE (OR GAVE YOU BIRTH). AND WHEN THE LORD SAW IT, HE ABHORRED THEM.

Let us each examine ourselves
by God’s Word. Let us repent, and love and obey the Lord in all things. For
in Him and Him only, there is LIFE.